How does your group respond when a fastball project/request comes in and needs to be dealt with immediately? Do you take the kiddie soccer approach of everyone swarming the ball, or do you have someone on point whose role is to grab the ball (project), move it forward and get…
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Catch the AdMonsters Professional Services (APS) team at AdMonsters' flagship event, the Publisher Forum in Palm Springs on March 4-7. Book some time with APS to discuss your latest projects and how APS may be able to help. See you in Palm Springs! So the time has come, where you think…
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We’ve talked about the Three Pillars of Success (People, Process and Technology) at a high-level, and discussed the details of People and Process, and now need to address everyone’s favorite, Technology. Right now, there is a lot of very interesting technology available and what’s out there today has some…
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Recently the AdMonsters Professional Services team – Kevin LeFew, Zach Morgan and I – had the opportunity to head down to Charlottesville, Va., to speak with a class at the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce. Having spent my college years at UVA (and McIntire, in particular), I jumped…
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Several months ago, the AdMonsters Professional Services team started a series on the Three Pillars of Success and outlined how People, Process and Technology must all be present to support and drive your organization forward. While I believe the People pillar is the most important, the Process element should not…
Read MoreWe introduced the 3 Pillars of Success (People, Process and Technology) several weeks ago, to ultimately discuss each one in detail, and in my opinion, the People Pillar is the most important pillar. With fantastic people in your organization, you can overcome just about anything. Whether it is a lack of…
Read MoreFor many of you, this is not new, but it is definitely true and worth repeating. For any project or organization to be successful, there must be the right balance of People, Process and Technology. As Ad Operations professionals, you are constantly faced with doing more with less and are far…
Read MoreThe type of ad delivery a site uses can have far reaching impacts. Everyone's had a conversation with the Content or IT team that started "Your ads are making the site ...!" This is usually followed by any one of a number of complaints: slow; install malware; totally unusable; leak…
Read MoreThe recent snowstorm up and down the East coast, made us think about how Ad Ops professionals have to balance the periodic crisis and still keep normal business moving. Below is a countdown of 5 things we think Ad Ops projects/emergencies and storms have in common. #5 – Both reminds…
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